How To Install x2goserver-printing on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-printing on Ubuntu.

What is `x2goserver-printing`

x2goserver-printing is:

X2Go is a server based computing environment with

session resuming
low bandwidth support
session brokerage support
client-side mass storage mounting support
client-side printing support
audio support
authentication by smartcard and USB stick

The X2Go Server printing package provides client-side printing support for X2Go.

This package has to be installed on X2Go Servers that shall be able to pass X2Go print jobs on to the X2Go client.

This package co-operates with the cups-x2go CUPS backend. If CUPS server and X2Go Server are hosted on different machines, then make sure you install this package on the X2Go Server/s (and the cups-x2go package on the CUPS server).

There are three methods to install x2goserver-printing on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install x2goserver-printing Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver-printing using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install x2goserver-printing

Install x2goserver-printing Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver-printing using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install x2goserver-printing

Install x2goserver-printing Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install x2goserver-printing using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install x2goserver-printing

How To Uninstall x2goserver-printing on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the x2goserver-printing package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove x2goserver-printing

Uninstall x2goserver-printing And Its Dependencies

To uninstall x2goserver-printing and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove x2goserver-printing

Remove x2goserver-printing Configurations and Data

To remove x2goserver-printing configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge x2goserver-printing

Remove x2goserver-printing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove x2goserver-printing configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x2goserver-printing

Dependencies

x2goserver-printing have the following dependencies:

References

x2goserver-printing website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x2goserver-printing package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.